Luther Strange

Luther Strange (1 March 1953-) was the US Senator from Alabama (R) from 9 February 2017, succeeding Jeff Sessions. Strange had previously served as Alabama Attorney General from 17 January 2011 to 9 February 2017, succeeding Troy King and preceding Steve Marshall.

Biography
Luther Strange was born in Birmingham, Alabama on 1 March 1953, and he graduated from the Tulane University School of Law before becoming a lawyer in 1981. He worked for the Sonat Offshore subsidiary of the Sonat Inc. natural gas utility, and he became head of the company's Washington DC office in 1985. Strange worked as a lobbyist during the 1980s and 1990s, and he left the company in 1994. In 2010, he ran for Attorney General of Alabama, and he won the election. He opposed same-sex marriage and sought to defend large oil drilling companies, and he served as Chairman of the Republican Attorney Generals Association in 2016 and 2017. In 2017, Governor Robert J. Bentley nominated Strange to Jeff Sessions' US Senate seat after Sessions was confirmed as US Attorney General.